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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 84612, member: 44"]Here are just a very few of the many berries that are Mexican and/or arid related:</p><p><br /></p><p>Junifer berries- probably too round?</p><p><img src="http://mojavedesert.net/plants/shrubs/320-0489.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/medicinal-benefits-juniper-berries-7691.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/medicinal-benefits-juniper-berries-7691.html" rel="nofollow">http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/medicinal-benefits-juniper-berries-7691.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Manzanitia berries - doubt it:</p><p><img src="http://honest-food.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/manzanita-berries-closeup.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://honest-food.net/2010/08/22/manzanita-cider/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://honest-food.net/2010/08/22/manzanita-cider/" rel="nofollow">http://honest-food.net/2010/08/22/manzanita-cider/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Desert Wild Grape - doubt it:</p><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7BYuceO-OE/U4wamp4DkyI/AAAAAAAACSg/EFaxIljTAxY/s1600/Vitis+girdiana+-++Desert+Wild+Grape+06.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://treesplanet.blogspot.com/2014/07/vitis-girdiana-desert-wild-grape.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://treesplanet.blogspot.com/2014/07/vitis-girdiana-desert-wild-grape.html" rel="nofollow">http://treesplanet.blogspot.com/2014/07/vitis-girdiana-desert-wild-grape.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the Lyciums AKA Desert-Thorn. This is an African Boxthorn lycium, big in California and suspect in Mexico also:</p><p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/sagebudphotos/LYCIU/African_boxthorn_fruit_600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://sagebud.com/desert-thorn-lycium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sagebud.com/desert-thorn-lycium" rel="nofollow">http://sagebud.com/desert-thorn-lycium</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Goji berries:</p><p><img src="http://www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/shop/media/catalog/category/gojiberries-iss-700w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are the myriad of pepper plants, tooo many to name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 84612, member: 44"]Here are just a very few of the many berries that are Mexican and/or arid related: Junifer berries- probably too round? [IMG]http://mojavedesert.net/plants/shrubs/320-0489.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/medicinal-benefits-juniper-berries-7691.html[/URL] Manzanitia berries - doubt it: [IMG]http://honest-food.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/manzanita-berries-closeup.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://honest-food.net/2010/08/22/manzanita-cider/[/URL] Desert Wild Grape - doubt it: [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7BYuceO-OE/U4wamp4DkyI/AAAAAAAACSg/EFaxIljTAxY/s1600/Vitis+girdiana+-++Desert+Wild+Grape+06.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://treesplanet.blogspot.com/2014/07/vitis-girdiana-desert-wild-grape.html[/URL] One of the Lyciums AKA Desert-Thorn. This is an African Boxthorn lycium, big in California and suspect in Mexico also: [IMG]http://s3.amazonaws.com/sagebudphotos/LYCIU/African_boxthorn_fruit_600.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://sagebud.com/desert-thorn-lycium[/URL] Goji berries: [IMG]http://www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/shop/media/catalog/category/gojiberries-iss-700w.jpg[/IMG] Then there are the myriad of pepper plants, tooo many to name.[/QUOTE]
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